We have learned the names of the finalists of this year's Szczecin Festival of Young Talents. Contrary to previous announcements, the audition stage was reached not by 25, but by 27 bands.

This year's fourth edition of the Festival of Young Talents Gramy 2010 has 235 bands from 135 towns in Poland and Europe. 27 bands were singled out from these - 2 from abroad, 5 from Szczecin (one of which is a mixed Szczecin-Danish group) and 20 from the rest of Poland.
 

The finalists of Gramy 2010:
3 KLUSKI ŚLĄSKIE / Tychy
5footrock / Praha CZ
Absynth / Tarnowskie Góry
Adam W / Seix FRA
ARTYBISHOPS / Warsaw
CarPets / Szczecin
CHORZY NA ODRĘ / Szczecin
Cuba de Zoo / Ostróda
Dead On Time / Szczecin
Dominika Zioło / Katowice
HUBERT BISTO / Rzeszów
IN DA CITY / Odense DK/Szczecin
JAMES DEAD / Świdwin
Jimmy Hates You / Katowice
Kontrolerzy / Rawicz
Letters From Silence / Gostynin
Naked Brown / Gdańsk
NIKA JAGER / Warsaw
Pornohagen / Łódź
Samokhin Band / Łódź
SANDALESS / Ełk
St. City Surfers / Częstochowa
The Lollipops / Ełk
The Plants / Warsaw
TRANSSEXDISCO / Krypno
Wiosny Luduff / Szczecin
ZGON / Wronki
 

On 2 and 3 September everybody is going to present their skills during contest auditions in the "Słowianin" Comunnity Centre. Additionally, the finalists' songs are going to be aired by Polish Radio Szczecin and compete for the Audience Award.
 

The Final Gala, which is going to feature the best of the best, takes place on 4 September in the Amphitheatre of Helena Majdaniec.

More information about the festival and the finalists' pieces are available on
www.festiwalgramy.pl